{"id":159659,"date":"2026-02-21T08:16:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=159659"},"modified":"2026-02-21T08:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:16:34","slug":"most-underrated-player-in-us-national-team-history-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=159659","title":{"rendered":"Most Underrated Player in US National Team History is\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bhgxzRs61-w?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>In this episode, Andrew Wiebe, David Gass, Bobby Warshaw and Susannah Collins give two US soccer legends their due.<\/p>\n<p>First up, Seattle Sounders defender Chad Marshall. The three-time Defender of the Year hung up his boots midseason, but not before winning everything there is to win in MLS and inspiring a young Bobby to go to Stanford. Then it\u2019s time to remember Run DMB. DaMarcus Beasley did his thing for 20 years and he\u2019s still got six months to go. The crew explains how a kid from Fort Wayne, Ind., made it and how he inspired thousands in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Also in this episode \u2026 John Strong and Stu Holden from FS1 stop by to evaluate Andrew and David\u2019s All-Star Fan XI presented by Target ballots and talk Gold Cup. Adam Belz from the Scuffed Podcast also gives you a five-minute guide to the US at the U-20 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>3:34 \u2013 Chad Marshall hangs them up. Should Defender of the Year be named after him?<\/p>\n<p>12:17 \u2013 DaMarcus Beasley: The most underrated American soccer star of all-time<\/p>\n<p>23:35 \u2013 Chris Armas says Red Bulls coverage is too negative. Is he right?<\/p>\n<p>29:49 \u2013 Must-watch MLS games of Week 13<\/p>\n<p>36:20 \u2013 Five-minute US U-20 World Cup preview from Adam Belz (Scuffed Podcast)<\/p>\n<p>42:33 \u2013 John Strong and Stu Holden join to talk All-Star ballots &#038; Gold Cup<\/p>\n<p>Major League Soccer&#8217;s long-running podcast Extratime is now available on YouTube, every Monday and Thursday at 5 pm ET. Leave feedback or mailbag questions in the comments! Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to Extratime on iTunes! https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/e&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our playlist for every episode of Extratime: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLcj4z4KsbIoVm6HVbbkKGX1VIJwTlCk07<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Follow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/Extratime<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Like us on Facebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ExtratimeMLS\/<\/p>\n<p>For more information about MLS, go to the league&#8217;s official website: http:\/\/www.MLSsoccer.com<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bhgxzRs61-w\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, Andrew Wiebe, David Gass, Bobby Warshaw and Susannah Collins give two US soccer legends their due. First up, Seattle Sounders defender Chad Marshall. The three-time Defender of&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":159661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/159661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}